- Date
- September 1, 1975
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA · STONE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N81939Aeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750901029929A
- Case key
- 150730
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2880 75/9/1 STONE MOUNTAIN,GA AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 561 TIME - 1830 N81939 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STONE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- TAXIING,TURNED TO FAST,LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81939
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stone Mountain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N81939 · 2
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